Posts by Koxx

Koxx · backup internal LE to sdcard Koxx September 25, 2018 at 5:40 PM

thanks. I'll try the internal kodi backup solution.

Koxx · backup internal LE to sdcard Koxx September 6, 2018 at 10:19 PM

Hello,

I have LE installed on internal. I am really happy with it (fast & reliable).

but I am always a bit scared when I have to update it.

Is there a way to do a full backup of internal LE (OS & data) to sdcard ? and be able to boot on this sdcard in case of update failure on internal partition ?

thanks,

F.

Koxx · [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X Koxx May 14, 2018 at 3:33 PM

Quote from tomax80

Can I ask you why you're extracting it? The dtb file from Android doesn't work on Libreelec.

Did you use a s905x device tree? I have a s905w Soc as well, and using this dtb for the s905x, everything works good.

I clearly missed that point !

I'll try with your dtb, but I think there is something else than DTB. I can't understand why any of the ~20 dtb files I tried (from various sources can't work).

Koxx · [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X Koxx May 13, 2018 at 6:47 PM

I am trying to extract the DTB file, but I get some issues ...

with ADB, I copied boot.img with :

dd if=/dev/block/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img

but the split with a 0 byte for ‘second’ (which should contain the dtb if I am right) :

./split_bootimg.pl /storage_main/tmp/boot.img

Page size: 2048 (0x00000800)

Kernel size: 7110087 (0x006c7dc7)

Ramdisk size: 1315813 (0x001413e5)

Second size: 0 (0x00000000)

Board name:

Command line: buildvariant=userdebug

Writing boot.img-kernel … complete.

Writing boot.img-ramdisk.gz … complete.

so ... I am stuck …

EDIT 2 :

here is the pastebin of dmesg

[ 0.000000@0] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000@0] Initializing c - Pastebin.com

EDIT 3:

damned ! I finally managed to extract the dts file !

I found the infos here :

[S905] Device trees
[S905] Device trees

it's a multi DTB.

here is the start :

Code

model = "Amlogic";
compatible = "amlogic, Gxbb";
amlogic-dt-id = "gxl_p212_1g";
interrupt-parent = <0x1>;

p212 ... lol.

EDIT 4:

still not booting with the extracted DTB !!!

here is everything I extracted :

https://koxx3.fr.eu.org:8086/s905w/

any help please ?

Koxx · [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X Koxx May 13, 2018 at 4:49 PM

Quote from chewitt

The thing that conclusively proves the SoC type is under the heatsink, but the sticker that's visible indicates S905W.

the heatsink is glued ... impossible to remove.

But 'Usb burning tool' manage to connect.

This is definetly an S905(x/w) device.

Koxx · [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X Koxx May 12, 2018 at 9:32 AM

Here are intel I gathered :

EDIT: 1 more with the back

Koxx · [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X Koxx May 11, 2018 at 7:10 PM

Quote from tomax80

Seems that your box, Alfawise A95X R1, has a Rockchip RK3229 chipset, not an Amlogic. For this reason it doesn't work. Searching in the forum, they say your cpu is still not supported, I'm sorry. You can read this thread .

thanks for your answer, but under Android , it says Amlogic / Cortex A53 with CpuZ (vs Coretx A7 for RK3229) , and the specs seems to match.

It seems there 2 variants of the A95X R1 : s905W / rk3229

here is my version :

A95X R1 Android 7.1 Smart tv box Amlogic S905W 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM KODI 17.3 avec air mouse sans fil clavier moins cher que V88 T95 dans Décodeurs TV de Electronique sur AliExpress.com | Alibaba Group

Koxx · [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X Koxx May 11, 2018 at 5:13 PM

Hello,

I've just received an A95X-R1 box (with S905W) with 1GB.

I managed to force the boot on sdcard (swith at the bottom of jack port).

But impossible to boot libreelec: either black screen after A95X logo, or boot loop after the same logo.

I tried LE 8.2.3 an CE 8.90.2.

I also tried the following DTB files : p281_1g_xxx and p212_1g_xxx

The motherboard is marked A95XA1_V2_0 / 20170905

The internal case is marked A95MINI 8139.

Any idea how to fix this please ?

Koxx · [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912 Koxx March 30, 2017 at 10:07 PM

Hi,
how often does Kodi crash ?
I am wondering if it is interesting to change from S905X to S912 to have a little bit more juice for docker...

Koxx · Installing Handbrake on LibreElec Koxx February 26, 2017 at 9:44 PM

you could compile it from ARM and run it in docker...
not easy, but it should work

handbrake-0-10-5-nightly-and-arm-armv7-short-benchmark-and-how-to
November 2015 | ODROID Magazine (page 32)

Koxx · Update system-tools addon Koxx February 17, 2017 at 10:31 PM

Quote from Iridium

Koxx Have you tried nmon available in the LE repository system-tools (May not be available in 7.0.3) is has all the information available in htop but - imho - a better display.

I didn't know this tool ! thanks !
it's not bad.

Koxx · Update system-tools addon Koxx February 17, 2017 at 9:39 AM

Quote from chewitt

I had a go at building htop but ran into issues and then something more interesting came up, or something. Needs someone with more build fu than me to figure it out. escalade has it in his builds, but if remember right, compiled with shared libs not static.

thanks for the feedback.
I am willing to try
How can I try to build only addons ?

Koxx · Update system-tools addon Koxx February 16, 2017 at 8:19 PM

any update on this ?
I would really love to see htop available

Koxx · VPN help Koxx February 15, 2017 at 5:54 PM

I agree the processor supports it

You need :
- kernel with cryptodev module
- openssl/libressl to use the crypto engine
- openvpn configured to use crypto engine

Nobody managed to get the full stack working on Odroid C2. If you manage to do it, it would be awesome.
ODROID Forum • View topic - Checking that the HW Crypto engine is used on the C2

Between S905 and S905X, I don't think you'll see the difference

Koxx · VPN help Koxx February 15, 2017 at 7:28 AM

On my MiniMX III (s905), I got 4.2MB/s download (~33Mb/s) over a gigabit fiber and gigabit ethernet connection.
ARM processor are not very good with encryption... and there is no hardware encryption supported with the kernel (cryptodev) like Intel can do.

Code

LibreELEC:~ # ./speedtest_vpn.sh
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
 77  476M   77  368M    0     0  3749k      0  0:02:10  0:01:40  0:00:30 4205k

Koxx · [7.0.3.012l] LibreELEC 7.0 for S905/S905X Koxx February 6, 2017 at 6:56 PM

Samba boost !
thanks for the optimizations
the best score I have seen on arm :p

W:95MB/s (!!!)
R:49MB/s

Code

LibreELEC:~ #  dd bs=1G count=1 if=/dev/zero of=/storage/pchome_mydatas/test2
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.0GB) copied, 10.769992 seconds, 95.1MB/s
LibreELEC:~ # dd if=/storage/pchome_mydatas/test2 of=/dev/null  bs=1G count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.0GB) copied, 20.923367 seconds, 48.9MB/s

I'll check what can be done to optimize read speed

Koxx · Custom CEC button Koxx February 5, 2017 at 10:43 AM

Hi,
how can I add custom CEC button actions ?
I would like to open the subtitles download panel while I am playing a video with the remote red button.
thanks !
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Ok, I found the solution

Install keymap editor

Settings
Add-ons
Install from repository (v15/v16) / Get add-ons (v14)
Kodi add-on repository
Program Add-ons
Keymap Editor
Install

Open Keymap editor
Select "open window" -> show subtitle download.
Press the button when asked
Exit & save !

Works perfectly

Koxx · [7.0.3.012l] LibreELEC 7.0 for S905/S905X Koxx February 4, 2017 at 10:32 AM

tsss ....
my mistake, it's an S905X.
working fine with :gxl_p212_1g.dtb
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Quote from kszaq

I don't think any of us has a crystal ball, no logs = no idea.

what kind of log would you need in that case ? (even if I found the issue )
dmesg ? lsusb ?